A new set of rules would, indeed, be good. My friends and I have been tinkering with the 2001/2005 rules for several years now (yes, I have only joined the 21st century upon joining this forum now, I admit it), and some... interesting problems have arisen.

My favorite one is still: what do you do when the Castlefigs (and the castle they're defending) is being annihilated by gigantic robot spider vehicles? My answer is get more Castlefigs or create Kamikaze Castlefigs.

Any ideas on an ETA for new rules? Likewise, will this be an online download once again or will this be available in a dead-tree form?

I'm of two minds on the subject. There are big chunks of it done already, and big chunks still left to finish; I kind of don't want to release any of it until I have a final-draft candidate so that people don't miss minor changes between drafts.

Although, what I might do is release bits and pieces in the wiki or in the threads here so I can get feedback on some of the more controversial changes. The Charge rules got changed pretty substantially (hopefully they're actually useable now), and I finally hit on some Fire rules that I think are playable (but may be unbalancing because of the simplifications involved). I'm still weighing options.

Another thing I need to do is keep the first post in this thread better updated as the rulebook loadout evolves. Maybe I'll go work on that a little.